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Centurylink, Inc CTL 10-K 12/31/2015 Section 1: 10-K (10-K) UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ý ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 or o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File No. 001-7784 CENTURYLINK, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Louisiana 72-0651161 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (318) 388-9000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered Common Stock, par value $1.00 New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Stock Options Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ý No o Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No ý Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý No o Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ý Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer ý Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No ý On February 17, 2016, 543,852,862 shares of common stock were outstanding. The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2015 was $16.4 billion. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statement to be furnished in connection with the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Item 1. Business 3 Item 1A. Risk Factors 17 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 36 Item 2. Properties 37 Item 3. Legal Proceedings 37 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 37 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 38 Item 6. Selected Financial Data 40 Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 42 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 69 Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 70 Consolidated Statements of Operations 72 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) 73 Consolidated Balance Sheets 74 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 75 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity 76 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 77 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 122 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 122 Item 9B. Other Information 123 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 123 Item 11. Executive Compensation 123 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 124 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence 124 Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services 124 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 125 Signatures 138 2 Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Annual Report to "CenturyLink," "we," "us" and "our" refer to CenturyLink, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. PART I ITEM 1. BUSINESS Overview We are an integrated communications company engaged primarily in providing an array of communications services to our residential and business customers. Our communications services include local and long-distance voice, high-speed Internet, Multi-Protocol Label Switching ("MPLS"), private line (including special access), data integration, Ethernet, colocation, managed hosting (including cloud hosting), network, public access, video, wireless and other ancillary services. We strive to maintain our customer relationships by, among other things, bundling our service offerings to provide our customers with a complete offering of integrated communications services. Based on our approximately 11.7 million total access lines at December 31, 2015, we believe we are the third largest wireline telecommunications company in the United States. We operate 74% of our total access lines in portions of Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Minnesota, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Iowa, Utah, New Mexico, Missouri, and Nevada. We also provide local service in portions of Idaho, Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Montana, Alabama, Indiana, Arkansas, Wyoming, Tennessee, New Jersey, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and California. In the portion of these 37 states where we have access lines, which we refer to as our local service area, we are the incumbent local telephone company. At December 31, 2015, we served approximately 6.0 million high-speed Internet subscribers and 285 thousand Prism TV subscribers. We also operate 59 data centers throughout North America, Europe and Asia. We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Louisiana in 1968. Our principal executive offices are located at 100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203 and our telephone number is (318) 388-9000. For a discussion of certain risks applicable to our business, see "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of Part I of this Annual Report. The summary financial information in this section should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified by reference to, our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in Item 8 and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Item 7 of Part II of this Annual Report. Financial and Operational Highlights The following table summarizes the results of our consolidated operations: Years Ended December 31, 2015(1) 2014(2) 2013(3) (Dollars in millions) Consolidated statements of operations summary results: Operating revenues $ 17,900 18,031 18,095 Operating expenses 15,295 15,621 16,642 Operating income $ 2,605 2,410 1,453 Net income (loss) $ 878 772 (239 ) _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) During 2015, we recognized an incremental $215 million of revenue associated with the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") Connect America Fund Phase 2 support program. For additional information, see Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of Part II of this Annual Report. (2) During 2014, we recognized a $60 million tax benefit associated with a deduction for the tax basis for worthless stock in a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary and a $63 million pension settlement charge. For additional information, see Note 13—Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of Part II of this Annual Report. (3) During 2013, we recorded a non-cash, non-tax-deductible goodwill impairment charge of $1.092 billion for goodwill attributed to one of our previous operating segments and a litigation settlement charge of $235 million. 3 The following table summarizes certain selected financial information from our consolidated balance sheets: As of December 31, 2015 2014 (Dollars in millions) Consolidated balance sheets summary information: (1) Total assets $ 47,604 49,103 (1) (2) Total long-term debt 20,225 20,503 Total stockholders' equity 14,060 15,023 _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) We adopted both ASU 2015-03 "Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" and ASU 2015-17 "Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes" by retrospectively applying the requirements of the ASUs to our previously issued consolidated financial statements. See further discussion in Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of Part II of
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